Rhythm & Blues

I confess:

I believed,
not so long ago,
that being
my Self –
my “True” Self,
my “Real” Self –
was
The Grail.

I might require
a bookshelf full of
RealSelf-Help books and
a hard drive stuffed with
Oprah Winfrey videos.

But I’m
waking up and
rubbing the dust
from my eyes.

The light that’s
getting past
the piled up
words and images
is all the Vision
I need:

I love Oprah,
but I’m seeing
I’m every bit
as much my
True Me as
she is Oprah.

Who else
would I be?
Who else
have I ever been?

Now
the question is,
The Question
that’s serenading
my Imagination with
an R&B anthem,

The Question Is:

Can the
Real Me
finally learn
how to
dance?

(Photo by Drew Dizzy Graham; UnSplash)